ID: 1967
Presenting Author: FONTES PAULO
Session: 626 - Disasters, Conflict and Impact Assessment: What is up, what is down, what is coming around?
Status: pending
Seismic surveys has been a major concern for small communities of artisanal fishing in the two main basin of Brazil. The interdiction caused by these type of activity threatens food security.
The Offshore oil and gas exploration activities contribute significantly to global economic growth. However, in recent years the scientific community has shown a concern about the environmental and social impacts associated, in particular, to offshore seismic surveys. Furthermore, the immediate economic impacts on the structure of small fishing communities, another major concern is directly related to food security, once, fishes are usually the community’s main, if not the only source of animal protein. Thus, the current work sought to contribute to the understanding of the events chain that link such conflicts to their causes, using the elaboration of impact diagrams as a supporting technique. The study was based on research of information and data collection that involves different techniques: extensive literature review, document analysis and interviews with the main key actors that work in the environmental licensing process of offshore seismic survey activities. Moreover, in general, seismic survey take place in short period of time, for this reason, it was established a well-defined spatial distribution of the seismic survey activities, it led to the adoption of the temporary restriction area in the use of maritime.Thus, allow establishing restrictions on the seismic activities. In any case, it is clear that the weak participation of the fishing communities during the decision-making process for environmental licensing of seismic activities contributes to the intensification of the identified conflicts.
Fontes Nuno Eduardo Paulo
Ph.D Student of Environmental Engineering Science at the University of São Paulo/Brazil. São Carlos School of Engeneering EESC-USP. Master Degree in the same Programme.